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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-44

The President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée grants approval for a cinema access package giving the right to multiple admissions in a number not defined in advance for a period…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-46

Any modification relating to: 1° The commitments of the operator issuing the approved formula mentioned in article L. 212-28; 2° The association contracts concluded by the exhibitor issuing the approv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-47

The reference price mentioned in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-45

Any substantial modification made by a cinema operator to an approved formula is subject to an amending approval issued for the remaining period of validity of the initial approval.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions of access for journalists

Article R744-42

The provisions of article R. 744-38 are applicable to visits by journalists governed by this paragraph.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-42

The provisions of I of article R. 713-6 are applicable to the election of consular delegates.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-44

The declaration provided for in article R. 4153-41 is renewed every three years.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-4

The provisions of Article R. 2123-3 are applicable, where they do not benefit from more favourable provisions, to civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service regulations and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Protectors and protective devices

Article R4324-4

Components of work equipment where there is a risk of breakage or bursting are fitted with appropriate guards.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Individual monitoring and additional examinations

Article R4412-44

Depending on the risk assessment, a worker assigned to work exposing him to chemical agents hazardous to health may undergo an additional medical examination prescribed by the occupational physician t…

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